Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, alias Sunday Igboho has filed a $1,000,000 (N570 million) suit as general damages against the Republic of Benin, before the Community Court of Justice, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) in Abuja. Igboho, through his lawyer, Tosin Ojaomo, also asked for a declaration of the court that Benin Republic’s actions regarding his unlawful, arbitrary arrest and detention, violate his freedom of movement, his right to an unbiased trial within a reasonable time, and his right to dignity as a person. The activist has been in detention in Benin Republic since he was arrested at an airport in Cotonou by the country’s security forces while he was trying to flee to Germany in July 2020. He fled Nigeria for Benin Republic after the Nigerian government declared him wanted. A Beninese court blocked the extradition of Igboho to Nigeria while ruling that the activist be…